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Title: Manga Thread
Post by: Bebpo on September 30, 2016, 01:53:56 AM
We don't really have a thread for manga that's not One Piece here and it just gets lost in the comics or anime thread, so Manga thread.

Just spent a lot of my free time in the last two weeks reading through all 20 volumes of Naoki Urasawa's Billy Bat since it just finished last month after an 8 year run.  It's actually the first manga outside of keeping up with One Piece that I've read in about 6 years, but for a new completed Urasawa work, I'm there.  If you haven't read Urasawa, he's pretty legendary and one of the only great mangaka of the late 90s/early 2000s that's still pumping out major works with Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto and now Billy Bat.  Urasawa's both amazingly good and amazingly cursed.  Dude writes some of the most page-turning entertaining mystery thrillers of our time, but he also consistently falls apart in the end and never delivers answers as satisfying as the mysteries he's created.  The best example of this is 20th Century Boys, which during its highs is one of the most interesting sci-fi thrillers ever, but the lows and payoffs are :|  The thing is, no matter how things turn out, in Urasawa's manga, every chapter is entertaining and once you start you're hooked for the ride.  Billy Bat in a lot of ways is his most Twin Peaks-ish bizarre story yet, a story that has Jesus, JFK, and graffiti art all in the same tale.  It was very enjoyable, with some great characters and excellent highs.  Urasawa's art is always distinct and quality and Urasawa tales are nice in that they're about middle-aged and old men and women and not more than what's realistic kids.  They have a wide appeal to people of every generation.  Anyhow, in the end I'm not really sure what the longass comic was really about and it dragged a bit in the end, but it was fun and I'd recommend it.  If you haven't read any Urasawa, just start with Monster though.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Momo on September 30, 2016, 02:26:32 AM
I just read the first 9 volumes of Boys on the Run and cant find volume 10 in English anywhere. I feel terrible rage boiling up inside  :'(
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Bebpo on September 30, 2016, 02:42:52 AM
Also, to get the thread going.  What manga have you read?  I know even though I've read manga since I was a teen, because most are so long, I haven't read a ton.  These are the ones I can remember:

X - Super awesome emo for my teen-self.  Ended on a cliffhanger in biggest troll ever
Clover, Chobits, Lawful Drug, entire library of CLAMP sexy guys shoujo - Was fun with striking art for the time.
Trigun - Great art and some cool stuff, but by the end got really shitty sci-fi. 
Rurouni Kenshin - Awesome shounen fight manga for my teen-self.  Pretty good overall even if it just sorta glides to the ending after the Enishi arc.
Kenshin guy's next manga - Yikes.
Hikaru no Go - Awesome sports manga!  Really enjoyed this from start to finish.
Death Note - Lol, we all know Death Note at this point.
GTO - Fun, but really cheezy and hasn't aged well at all.
The GTO prequel one - I remember this being a lot more funny.
Azumanga Daioh - Speaking of funny, this was great.
Yotsubato - This was even better.
Berserk - Really good, but never ending so don't really care anymore.  Every 5 years I catch up on like 2 volumes worth...maybe.
One Piece - Best adventure.
The Jump Trio - Naruto/Bleach/HxH - All were good at parts, gave up on all three years ago for various reasons. 
Fushigi Yuugi - First shoujo, was manga twilight for my 16 year old emo self.
Ayashi no Ceres - Yuu Watase kick kept giving.  Was entertaining,but Twilight 2.0
Monster - Book that got me hooked on Urasawa.  Great thriller.
20th Century Boys - Damn good until it really, really wasn't
Pluto - Alright.
Hellstar Remina - My only Junji Ito; was goofy as fuck but entertaining and my style of planet eating fun.
Hellsing - Badass, story was ok.
Drifters - Haven't read it in a couple of years but was enjoyable pulp coming from Hellsing
Beck - Enjoyed this A LOT early on when it was about a Band (like the anime better because real music), but the 2nd half is like dumb mobster shit.
Gantz - Good pulp horror until it got really fucking terrible in the last arc.
Gundam mangas - I like Gundam so therefore they are all good enough.
Full Metal Alchemist - Was great for a lot of it, but felt it kind of fell of a generic stupid shounen manga cliff in the ending arcs.

Hmmm, might be missing a couple but I think that's basically the manga I've read.  Duckroll is trying to get me to read Silver Spoon next.  I dunno, farming school slice of life seems pretty boring.  I also heard Bakuman's good too.  Would definitely be up for recommendations.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Momo on September 30, 2016, 02:47:05 AM
I've read way too many to list :(

I'll give it a try later though
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Syph on September 30, 2016, 02:56:51 AM
Ikigami
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A national prosperity law has been passed in a dystopian nation resulting in citizens between the ages of 18-24 being randomly selected to die for the good of the nation. These citizens are given 24-hour notification of their impending death. These notifications are known as "ikigami"—the ostensible reason for this system being to help demonstrate the value of life.

protag is one of the people whose job it is to give notice
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on September 30, 2016, 10:24:07 AM
I used to read a lot but have really trailed off.  Need to start reading One Piece badly.  I have all the chapters, up through the current one, downloaded and ready to go.

Been keeping up with Prison School.  The current storyline has been dragging on for months- it's a 'stand-off' at the school field day with the underground student council/boys and student council/w monstrous Andre that has been going on for what feels like the last 3-4 months.  Every week it's just more crazy dialogue.  There's also a sub-plot with the principal that has been fun in breaking all that up.

Another series I've been reading is Hantsu X Trash.  It's a sports manga about water polo.  The artist is a (former?) hentai guy, I think so there's lots of perverted situations and insane attention to details.  :doge The main character is a goofball who joins the team to get closer to the captain who he likes.  All the boys on the team are huge perverts, but he actually tries.  Then it kind of changes into more of a love trigangle thing.  It's not bad for what ti is.

Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 30, 2016, 10:23:30 PM
dolly kill kill ain't bad, it's modern day attack on titan with giant clowns as alien bio weapons. it veers haphazardly between junji ito and full shounen, and yet somehow i'm enjoying it
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: curly on October 01, 2016, 12:00:20 AM
Used to read a ton of manga, dropped off a bit but still keep up with a fair number of series.

Favorite authors/artists are Kengo Hanazawa, Adachi, Taiyo Matsumoto, Yuki Kodama. Of stuff that's coming out now, I really like I Am a Hero, Hinamatsuri, and Mob Psycho. Probably forgetting a lot.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on October 01, 2016, 12:44:23 AM
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My relationship with HxH:

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Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Bebpo on October 01, 2016, 02:01:13 AM
My relationship with Hunter x Hunter is like a lower quality Berserk.  Has the same always on Hiatus status, and some of HxH was AWESOME, but unlike Berserk that's felt consistently great throughout the long ass wait, I haven't really enjoyed the direction HxH went halfway.  I really liked HxH until Greed Island, which was ok but I couldn't get into because I didn't care for any of the new characters or all the dumb game rules, then the ant bug people arc I couldn't get into either because bug people are lamo like furries.  Haven't read it since the bug people arc ended, but Togashi kinda lost me after those two arcs.   

Actually, wait was the Killua arc with the little sister who grants wishes after the bug arc?  Because I remember reading that, and the election part.  But I think those were the last parts of HxH I read.  I'll probably read the rest when it's finished since unlike Naruto & Bleach I didn't end up hate dropping it.  Just lost interest when it was on hiatus.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Momo on October 01, 2016, 03:44:45 AM
My relationship with Hunter x Hunter is like a lower quality Berserk.  Has the same always on Hiatus status, and some of HxH was AWESOME, but unlike Berserk that's felt consistently great throughout the long ass wait, I haven't really enjoyed the direction HxH went halfway.  I really liked HxH until Greed Island, which was ok but I couldn't get into because I didn't care for any of the new characters or all the dumb game rules, then the ant bug people arc I couldn't get into either because bug people are lamo like furries.  Haven't read it since the bug people arc ended, but Togashi kinda lost me after those two arcs.   

Actually, wait was the Killua arc with the little sister who grants wishes after the bug arc?  Because I remember reading that, and the election part.  But I think those were the last parts of HxH I read.  I'll probably read the rest when it's finished since unlike Naruto & Bleach I didn't end up hate dropping it.  Just lost interest when it was on hiatus.
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Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Beezy on October 01, 2016, 04:35:03 AM
I really liked HxH until Greed Island, which was ok but I couldn't get into because I didn't care for any of the new characters or all the dumb game rules, then the ant bug people arc I couldn't get into either because bug people are lamo like furries.

 :confused :confused :confused
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Bebpo on October 01, 2016, 12:54:59 PM
Well, like I said, it's not necessarily a bad arc, just didn't do anything for me.  I can't take talking insects fighting with kung-fu seriously, sorry.  Also didn't help that I was reading the arc while it was running weekly with the Togashi "I'm on my death bed drawing scratches" art, but the combination of the two really killed my interest in HxH, which had already diminished from Greed Island.  Then again, I think I was at the point that I kinda got tired of shounen manga in general since that was around when I dropped Naruto & Bleach as well.  One Piece is the only shounen I still like because of the adventure aspect.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on October 01, 2016, 01:22:08 PM
I can't take talking insects fighting with kung-fu seriously, sorry.

:confused

This is in a series with

- A pedo clown that "SCHWING"s his dick when he's excited for a fight
- One of its tensest fight scenes being a game of dodgeball
- The ultimate power-up for a character looking like this:
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- Leorio's entire character
- An arc based around a Magic the Gathering MMO
- Two twelve-year olds being some of the strongest human characters in the world
- A "little girl" who actually looks like this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRubeoaUwAAXFnM.jpg)

Really? The one thing you can't accept in a world with all this shit is ant-people? :lol

It's like not getting into Dragon Ball because there's a giant dude called the "Ox King" and the president of the world is a dog. Come on.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: eleuin on October 01, 2016, 01:58:08 PM
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this was awhile ago but my 5 recs are the top row

tokyo ghoul was kind of a joke entry but its still worth reading 

also kangoku gauken (prison school) best art right now bar none
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Momo on October 01, 2016, 03:06:10 PM
You must really hate people to recommend Boys on the Run, the last volume isnt in english anywhere
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Momo on October 01, 2016, 03:29:08 PM
Just what I can remember now (i'll update this list as i remember shit)

xxxHolic
Tsubasa Chronicles
Aku no Hana
One Piece
Bleach
Boys on the Run
Teppu
Naruto
Hunter X Hunter
Berserk
Onani Master Kurosawa
Prison School
ReLife
Kimi ni Todoke
Ao Haru Ride
Hitman Reborn
Suzuka
Natsu no Arashi
School Rumble
Skip Beat
Kimi no Iru Machi
H2
Hajime no Ippo
History's strongest disciple Kenichi
Unbalance x Unbalance
Haikyu
H2
Ookiku Furikabutte
Diamond no Ace
Banana Fish
Terra Formars
Gants
Yakitate!! Ja-pan
Fruits Basket
Boys on the Run
Zombie Powder
Addicted to Curry
That fucked up manga where there is a country with a revolution and everyone dies at the border
Uzumaki
Air Gear
Ga Rei
Kekkaishi
Tenjou Tenge
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: toku on October 01, 2016, 03:55:46 PM
been meaning to get into tokyo ghoul, looks like a very toku thing
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 01, 2016, 08:01:07 PM
Yotsuba is the best manga ever. The End.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: eleuin on October 02, 2016, 10:43:29 PM
You must really hate people to recommend Boys on the Run, the last volume isnt in english anywhere
and HxH actually stands for hiatus x hiatus

manga reading is misery  :doge
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Vizzys on October 02, 2016, 11:08:45 PM
things yall should read:

holyland
goodnight punpun
iam a hero
qualia the purple
berserk
homunculus
hunter x hunter
tsumi to batsu
boku no hero academia
prison school
one punch man
mob psycho 100

some are finished, some arent, some never will be ;_;
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on October 03, 2016, 10:27:44 AM
I loved Detroit Metal City.  Loved it.  So much that I bought all the manga books and even went to see the live action movie in Japan.

But I never checked out the other stuff that artist/writer Kiminori Wakasugi has done.  Looks like mostly shorts, and one called "Kappei," about a martial artist living alone and out of touch with reality who moves back to the city.

But he has another series called Minna! Esper da yo!  (Everyone is a psychic!)

Description:

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The psychic comedy follows an ordinary (virgin) high school boy named Yoshirō "Yocchan" Kamogawa. His life changes overnight when he wakes up with the ability to read other people's minds. Yoshirō is not the only one to gain powers in his town. Teru-oichan, an (apparently virgin) worker at a café near Yoshirō's school, gains telekinesis but he uses it for sex toys.
Yōsuke Enomoto, a (probably virgin) senior and former basketball player at Yoshirō's high school, gains teleportation but only while naked.

I must read this now.  :lol  I see that there was a live-action TV series and also a theatrical live-action movie released last year.  The movie is up on Youtube.  Some have changed the name to "The Virgin Psychics."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntYowWH8W2Q

"What made us psychics?"
"One, you are a virgin.  Two, when the space rays hit, you were having an orgasm."


Sounds like a winner to me!
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Bebpo on October 12, 2016, 10:27:02 PM
I was informed the other day that Attack on Titan manga just became very good.  I'd avoided it as I heard it starts good and then it gets not good, but apparently the latest reveal retroactively fixes the not good stuff and the whole manga makes a lot of sense and is great now and heading to end in the next 1-2 years.  Probably gonna wait until it ends but will read it.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on December 19, 2016, 05:13:45 PM
http://www.gamenguide.com/articles/93617/20161218/hunter-x-hunter-chapter-361-release-date-news-update-yoshihiro-togashi-finally-returns-creator-not-giving-up-his-rights.htm

(Low-quality) rumors seem to have been Takeuchi taking over but I guess Togashi is back and 361 is coming "soon?"

Can't find solid sources for any of this lol.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Himu on December 19, 2016, 06:17:34 PM
I don't follow manga as much anymore but I fucking love it

When I get the chance I'll list some of my faves.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on August 03, 2017, 09:27:34 AM
It's a hidden gem, yeah. I think it's underrated because of the art style and the strangeness of the world. Neither have immediate appeal. Though "a guy cursed to have a lizard head on a quest to reverse it" was an interesting enough premise to hook me back when.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on August 03, 2017, 10:08:24 AM
Never heard of it...will check it out.

The last manga I read through was Blame!, which was really enjoyable.  I loved the sheer size and scope of the world in that series.   Beyond that, not much else.  I keep meaning to start One Piece and never do.  :-[  Prison School is what I read on the regular. 
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: toku on August 03, 2017, 01:10:06 PM
dorohedoro is great, q hayashida is cool (https://mangabrog.wordpress.com/2014/09/13/interview-with-dorohedoro-artist-q-hayashida/)

As far as why it's not popular thats how a lot of the weirder seinen shit goes. If they're lucky (or really good) you get years of being gassed up by bigger more popular artists then eventually some one off anime gets made.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on August 04, 2017, 10:51:47 AM
- Shigurui
Severe, earnestly ridiculous Samurai homoeroticism. Lots of blood and gore, too. It's mentioned in the interview Toku linked above.

- I am a Hero
Zombie apocalypse which goes into very strange (uniquely Japanese, I find) places later on. Conventional but great art. Main character is a mess though, and most others are assholes in some way, as is typical for zombie stuff.

- Kamisama no Iutoori (and its sequel)
What if children's games were deadly? Neither great art nor great characters, but it's a pageturner. Can be safely skimmed, as all the developments are guaranteed to be convenient nonsense.

- Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
About an android who runs a café after a global environmental disaster. The stories are about her shopping trips. (I'm trying to re-read this myself right now, but I always get distracted by something else. :stahp )

- Otoyomegatari
Never read this myself (the premise is too boring for a child like myself). But it does have amazing art. The attention to detail is insane.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on August 08, 2017, 01:07:44 PM
And updates are few and far between.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: hampster on August 29, 2017, 09:33:33 PM
I haven't read a ton of manga but my favorites from what I have read are:

Yona of the Dawn - Self described as a thrilling fantasy/romance, Yona might be my favorite series. The slow progress from sheltered princess to strong queen is really satisfying. Plus she gets her own little harem :-*

World Trigger - My favorite of the various battle series. I like the emphasis on team fights, the fake bodies premise lets them avoid over the top injuries other series obsess with, and I appreciate how average the protagonist is. He's not strong, smart, or even particularly brave. Just an average guy surrounded by very talent people.   

Iris Zero - A slice of life / high school series where everyone has a small power, except the main character. It mostly revolves around the MC solving high school drama but I find the writing and scenarios interesting. I tend to only check out slice of life stuff when it has a sci-fi or fantasy hook and the hook here is really good.

Gate - A fun series about the Japanese military finding a gate to a fantasy world and just curb stomping the inhabitants. Love their fight with the dragon!

The most recent manga I read was Welcome to the Ballroom, I picked it up after watching some of the show and its enjoyable (the manga looks much better than the show which has a creepy style to it).  I'm excited to see where the current arc goes. That said, I like pretty much any sports show/manga.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: chronovore on August 29, 2017, 11:37:47 PM
I was hugely in love with GANTZ through volume 15 or 16. I went back many years later and read through v.28 or so, as there was a Max Factory Figma gantz-suit figure that came with that one. I've meant to go back to it and see where it wraps up, but haven't yet manifested the will.

I read a fair amount of Vagabond, and enjoyed it. It was in my chiropractor's office, so it was a freebie, but I haven't felt compelled to go back and rent/buy any more of them.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on August 30, 2017, 09:12:56 AM
Gantz crawls up its own ass, but it does end appropriately for an ever escalating series.

Vagabond has been on pause for years now, so you might as well keep waiting.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on August 30, 2017, 10:19:05 AM
Can't blame them for milking it. They never know if they'll have another successful series, and they can't exactly transition into something else easily.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Himu on August 30, 2017, 10:24:20 AM
Manga is cool and all but... manga is basically really, really slow story-telling. :doge

So many manga have been going on for so long. Vagabond isn't done, Berserk isn't done... even the authors themselves think "oh I'll do this for a few years..." then it ends up being several decades. I guess it's okay if you start reading and it's already ended or it's about to end.

Reading Nausicaa right now.

Not really reflecting reality. You only listed a few stories. The reality is that most manga are one and done and relatively fast. The more popular manga stay around a while. But to say manga is a slow storytelling format because of Berserk makes no sense.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Himu on August 30, 2017, 03:29:08 PM
I understood what you meant. But I don't think something like Berserk is a great example that proves this to be true.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on August 30, 2017, 06:09:12 PM
Togashi going on Hiatus x Hiatus again, but will be back "before the end of the year." :japancry

He got nine issues out before stopping this time which is pretty good at least.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Himu on September 04, 2017, 03:24:02 PM
Berserk owns
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on September 04, 2017, 03:26:40 PM
Maybe by the time I'm done catching up with the manga, Berserk will be finished? :marimo kekeke
If you limit yourself to one chapter per week.
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Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on September 10, 2017, 03:35:20 PM
Miura is a perv. One of his short stories features a magical loli whose bodily fluids have healing properties. She's implied to be pissing on the protagonist at one point.

Also, he adores the Idolmaster games, and they're probably the reason he's taking so many breaks.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on September 10, 2017, 03:42:48 PM
How far have you read?
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on September 10, 2017, 03:57:03 PM
If you've seen the old anime series, you know what's around the corner already. If you've only seen the new one, strap in. There's more fucked up shit later on. By that time though, Guts travels with his little RPG posse, which offer some comic relief between all the grim darkness.

And then, the ship. The fucking ship. You picked a good time to start reading, since they're finally off the fucking ship now.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Himu on September 10, 2017, 05:49:26 PM
Oda will never be beat. GOAT.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on September 12, 2017, 12:10:43 AM
Berserk, like Belzeebub and Dragon Ball, make me question the Japanese proclivity to draw completely naked underaged males. :thinking
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on September 17, 2017, 10:42:30 AM
Casca is just now having her mind fixed (in perhaps the most literal, kinda funny way). Should be volume 35 or something? Somewhere in the 30ies, anyway. Some crazy stuff will happen, but the story won't actually go anywhere for a looong time.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: toku on September 17, 2017, 12:12:36 PM
I'm not really feeling Berserk anymore.

It's good and I get it when some people think it's amazing, but it's too... I dunno.

The art is absurdly good though, and consistent also.

I don't like Guts, basically. And Casca has been mentally distinguished mentally-challenged for so long (on volume 23 now) that she's not really there anymore.

I thought Guts was a total edgelord when first introduced, but I guess that was on purpose, then there was that scene early on (volume 3?) where Guts was crying and Puck was like :mindblown

But I don't really feel it. I dunno. It's still good though, but I enjoyed Dorohedoro much more.

thats because the book is really about a bunch of edgelord broken people trying to build/become part of new healthy family/families
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Bebpo on September 20, 2017, 02:53:56 PM
There's a new Kenshin manga  ???

wtf
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Himu on September 20, 2017, 03:40:53 PM
HOLY FUCK
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Himu on September 20, 2017, 03:41:52 PM
If One Piece is my number one, Kenshin is my number two.

I AM SCREAMING.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Himu on September 20, 2017, 04:01:56 PM
Manga has always been awesome.

Most anime worth their shit are based on manga.

Still haven't given my suggestions. I'll do it later tonight.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Himu on September 20, 2017, 04:24:32 PM
Kenji is so cute!
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on September 24, 2017, 09:06:33 AM
there haven't been many moments where im like "why can't i... hold all these feels :fbm" like with one piece
Try Naoki Urasawa's stuff if you want more of that. Pluto, Monster and 20th Century Boys are good.

the best moments have been action moments i guess... its pretty interesting how guts swinging that massive sword around basically never seems to get old :rock
And it only got better with the berserker armour. Self-destructive, unhinged brutality. :lawd
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Momo on October 03, 2017, 11:03:09 AM
Finished nijigahara holograph for the first time over the weekend and boy oh boy did it take me a minute to unpack all that
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 03, 2017, 05:09:44 PM
solanin was a straight up feelpocalypse  :marimo
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on October 03, 2017, 05:25:42 PM
Solanin put me off reading more of his stuff.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on October 08, 2017, 11:01:44 PM
Been getting my read on a lot more lately-- ditched my Surface (replaced with a laptop), which was just heavy for comic reading, and picked up an Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet, which works great for comics and was cheap as hell.

Been reading through Gantz, which I was only recently exposed to by the movie on Netflix.  It's one of those series I completely missed out on back when it was a big thing.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: toku on October 08, 2017, 11:12:45 PM
Idk what you're looking for out of Gantz but just be aware it pretty much never gets above "good looking people dying horribly" and it kinda dips around the 100-150 chapter mark into just really mean/nasty territory even by Gantz standards. It's just cool tech and ultra violence.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on October 15, 2017, 08:29:57 PM
Finished Gantz and enjoyed it overall.  I don't know if I would describe it as being as shallow as what Toku said, but there definitely were parts that felt like it.

I liked that there was some character growth, with certain characters turning more into selfless hero-types and not being assholes the whole time.  The stuff with Tae on the alien ship was also crazy.

What I didn't like:

-Izumi.  What the fuck was his deal?  He wants to become a Gantz member, so he goes on a killing spree and murders a ton of people and never pays for it?  That was just straight garbage.

-The initial Gantz "origin" story.  The whole subplot with the reporter in Germany was just stupid and didn't make much sense.  The later reveal that this was all alien tech was better.

-Reika.  She was shallow as hell.  Her creating a second Kurono was some selfish, selfish shit.  But I did like how there were two Kuronos running around for a while.

-The vampires.  Just felt shoe-horned into the plot and was over too quickly.

I liked the whole concept of characters being digital copies brought back to life and was glad that things went a bit more past that first female character finding out she was a "clone" of herself.  But it took a really long time for that to come back with the second Kurono.  I would have liked to have seen this expanded upon and had them maybe a meet an entire team that was comprised of multiple copies of the same person or something.

Also read Gantz G, which was...OK I guess.  Just a little spin-off story focusing mainly on female students.  Weird that they named the main character Kei Kurona.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: chronovore on October 17, 2017, 09:21:52 PM
Haven't done Gantz G.

Everything else you said is dead-on the same opinion I had.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Bebpo on November 19, 2017, 03:22:41 AM
After lots of bugging, duckroll got me to pick up the US release of Gundam: The Origin in the nice big hardcover books. Since they're fucking expensive ($25 a volume), I just picked up the first 2 volumes to check it out.

Other than the extremely wonky translation that sounds written by a non-native English speaker "I can't believe I am made to war", "you must employ the gundam more efficiently in battle", the manga is really good. At first I figured it was just a retelling of the show with some changes, but by the 2nd half of Vol.1 it'd become its own engrossing tale. Lots of great character development, and the little touches in the character art to add to that are super nice. The mechanics also look gorgeous, lots of really great mecha spreads. Definitely a pretty awesome book. Looking forward to reading through all the volumes. Also the nice covers and pages with big art (considering how good the art is) makes it worth the expensive price. Some of the color pages are pure gorgeous art. Feels almost like an artbook.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: HardcoreRetro on November 19, 2017, 08:43:00 AM
Go read Goodnight Punpun if you haven't yet.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: HardcoreRetro on November 21, 2017, 04:46:36 AM
I AM SCREAMING!

Edit: Here's a joke for dutch bore.

Watsuki? Blijkbaar kinderen.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on November 26, 2017, 12:44:23 AM
https://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/11/26/possible-return-for-hit-manga-hunter-x-hunter-before-years-end/

:rejoice
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on December 04, 2017, 11:06:59 AM
https://kotaku.com/hunter-x-hunters-latest-hiatus-will-end-next-january-1820968486

(https://zippy.gfycat.com/HopefulGlaringFlyinglemur.gif)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on December 26, 2017, 07:36:53 AM
Prison School just ended with chapter 277.  It really feels like the author just didn't really know what to do after the sports festival arc that dragged on for entirely too long.  A lot of people don't like the ending, but it kind of makes sense:

The final story arc was a barbecue that all the main characters were going to have and the stuff that happens that prevents most of them from getting there on time. 
spoiler (click to show/hide)
The last few chapters are about Hana popping up and trying to stop Kiyoshi and Chiyo from getting together.  Kiyoshi has to pee really, really bad during this time so you get gags related to that.  Hana tells Chiyo that Kiyoshi is a huge pervert and all the shit that happened during the series is explained to her (which Hana was very much a part of).  Hana tells Chiyo that Kiyoshi is wearing her underwear and jumps on him to take his pants off, which unleashes a urine geyser and sure enough, there's her pantsu~.  Kiyoshi monologues that he's really learned nothing and is still immature, and then some time passes and we see Meiko talking to the underground student council president, who says that the garbage (boys) need to be checked out in jail.  Only the president went off to study abroad, so this is now her sister, Chiyo, who clearly now hates boys after what happened to her.
[close]

It's not quite done yet.  There's an epilogue chapter coming out in April.

I also started reading Gintama, which I guess like Blame! and Gantz is another one of those "how did I miss this?" series.  Seems like some kooky fun.  Checked out the anime and immediately disliked how it doesn't follow the manga and acts as if you should know who everyone already is.  Was there an OVA or something that Crunchyroll doesn't have?

And finally, to replace Prison School (kinda) and get my perv on, I started reading a little-known series called Amano Megumi Wa Suki Darake!, about a high school kid who doesn't want to do anything but study his ass off to get into Tokyo U, but finds it hard to do so when he is re-introduced to his neighbor, the titular Megumi, who has a crazy figure and constantly shows off the goods to him without realizing it, making it so he can't concentrate.  It's not really trashy so much as it is "pleasantly perverted."  This one caught my eye because the setting is in Ishikawa prefecture, where I used to live.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: curly on December 26, 2017, 03:12:03 PM
It's pretty much universally agreed the Gintama anime doesn't get good until episode 25.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 26, 2017, 06:50:12 PM
There were aliens in the first episodes of Gintama, lmao. Remember that shit?
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: toku on December 26, 2017, 07:21:39 PM
they should make deadman wonderland again
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: paprikastaude on December 27, 2017, 08:36:23 AM
That last chapter of One Punch Man though :rejoice :rejoice :rejoice
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on December 27, 2017, 01:27:40 PM
There were aliens in the first episodes of Gintama, lmao. Remember that shit?

Does it get away from that?  The beginning makes it seem like aliens have a huge presence in the story.

Also fully-admitting that I am interested in this series because a musou-style game is coming out for it early next year.
:uguu
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: curly on December 29, 2017, 04:38:05 AM
Does it get away from that?  The beginning makes it seem like aliens have a huge presence in the story.

Also fully-admitting that I am interested in this series because a musou-style game is coming out for it early next year.
:uguu

Yeah the aliens just kind of disappear after a certain point

Also the anime is worth watching for the voice acting. One of the only times I prefer an anime adaptation to the manga.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on January 27, 2018, 11:43:46 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/876NFN9l.png)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: toku on February 27, 2018, 05:28:18 PM
https://twitter.com/kittycoffee/status/968430642831622145
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: curly on February 27, 2018, 09:09:49 PM
Anyone else reading A Trail of Blood? The art is godlike

(https://i.imgur.com/Ql8XWC1.png)

:lawd
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Momo on March 05, 2018, 01:41:16 AM
When you look through Shinya Murata's bibliography and notice a trend  :holeup .


I JUST READ BERSERK BOYS.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on March 12, 2018, 01:32:05 PM
Yu-Gi-Oh! Transcend Game was just the kind of "scientific pseudobabble mixed with card games and ancient mythology" story I needed right now. :aah

https://imgur.com/a/vlkiR
https://imgur.com/a/eKXrr

The more I think about it the more I love Dark Side of Dimensions.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: warcock on March 12, 2018, 01:33:24 PM
Anything long and good to read? I went through battle angel alita, gantz and vagabond. What else is good, M4Tur3 with lots of chapters and good art? Tits and sex is a plus. Tried blackjack yesterday but it is ugly as sin. Did i forget to mention that Inoue rapes pretty much anyone on the planet in terms of artwork?
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: paprikastaude on March 12, 2018, 01:41:26 PM
Vinland Saga
Kingdom (at least I've heard - I have yet to start myself :doge )
Monster (if you haven't seen the anime, I guess)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: warcock on March 12, 2018, 01:45:35 PM
Vinland Saga
Kingdom (at least I've heard - I have yet to start myself :doge )
Monster (if you haven't seen the anime, I guess)
monster started out with alot of potential i felt, but the plot twist fucking sucked. Anyways ya seen both anime and read the manga. I'll try vinland saga.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on March 24, 2018, 05:05:16 PM
Eh. Kinda expected this, tbh.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on March 24, 2018, 08:15:32 PM
Spent a few hours today on the YGO wiki and I think I might pick the manga up, it just seems so much more interesting and layered than the show was (and I dug the show, of course.)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on May 05, 2018, 05:42:37 PM
Yeah. How many times do we have to see Griffith play saviour? We get it, he's living his dream, now move on already. :goty2
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on May 28, 2018, 07:33:02 PM
https://kotaku.com/yoshihiro-togashi-wants-to-finish-hunter-x-hunter-1826365896

(https://media.giphy.com/media/h0aEmNeqbIRJS/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: curly on May 28, 2018, 08:32:48 PM
Oh look, a new Berserk chapter

*reads*

Well that was pointless. :marimo

Yeah. How many times do we have to see Griffith play saviour? We get it, he's living his dream, now move on already. :goty2

New chapter same shit
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on May 29, 2018, 04:19:12 AM
:stahp
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Corporal on May 29, 2018, 08:36:27 AM
Read Boichi's Hotel. Heh. I like the balance between comedy and drama. Also, it's just the right length.
(https://abload.de/img/hotel_021gtsf4.png)
Can you taste the optimism?!
...There's apparently two versions of this manga. Huh. He liked the story that much, eh.

Also Omoide Emanon. Once again, Short Story length. Kind of moving. I found it pretty filling. Checked on tvtropes, and there's apparently a sequel with tits. Not sure if want, but noted for late night research. Can't very well whip out pictures of nekkid women in public transportation, can I now.

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou is amazingly relaxing to read. Holy crap. It wasn't compelling because nothing much happens but only recently did I realize how nice and cozy it is to read. :aah
YKK is awesome. There's that yearning/slightly sad/wistful undertone that makes it a joy to read. Pretty stellar stuff. I think I know what I'm gonna read next. Thanks for reminding me.

(That, or Planetes. Been a while since I read that. Hmmmm.)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: toku on July 06, 2018, 09:39:28 PM
https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1015303398126686209
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: chronovore on July 17, 2018, 12:38:18 AM
Today is Manga-no-Hi (Manga Day) in Japan. That is all.

:uguu
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on July 17, 2018, 08:21:46 AM
Any good slice-of-life manga recommendations?  I'm finding those to be good reads before bed.  (I have Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō in my reading list already!)

Recently read all of the currently-translated Okusan and Ashitaba-san Chi no Mukogurashi comics, both from the same creator, Masakazu Ooi.  Dude loves gigantic, insane titties- in Okusan, the titular (pun intended) main character has huge knockers which are often the subject of jokes, but it's just her who is depicted like this.  Ashitaba-san Chi no Mukogurashi, on the other hand, has an entire family of mega-boobed women.  Like, ridiculously oversized tits to the point that they shouldn't be able to do certain things if they were real people.  The story is about a guy who marries one of the family daughters and goes to live in their house, and to be fair, there's lots of jokes made about him getting erections...and his junk is just as ridiculously-sized as the tits are.  :lol  It somehow manages to be pretty charming despite the WTF tits going on.  The two main characters get married and the whole thing is just awwwww  :-[ dem feels. 

Ooi needs to seriously tone down the proportions.  He has some nice art and he might be able to have a big hit if he didn't make all his characters have huge tits and schlongs.  :doge

Today is Manga-no-Hi (Manga Day) in Japan. That is all.

:uguu

Uguu~ for everyone
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on September 18, 2018, 04:22:10 PM
https://twitter.com/HxHSource/status/1041740273863274496

https://twitter.com/HxHSource/status/1037016599847489537

https://twitter.com/YourAnimeGuy/status/1041894668181667840

spoiler (click to show/hide)
https://twitter.com/shabach223/status/1041974587691393024

:lol :lol :lol
[close]

:lawd
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on September 25, 2018, 12:09:46 PM
Arachnid - Manga written by Shinya Murata, who later went on to create Killing Bites.  Like Killing Bites, there's a huge focus on animal-like abilities and detailed descriptions of how animals do things and are natural killing machines- only this one has a focus on mostly insects, and nobody is actually some kind of animal/human hybrid...they're just using insect names as code names and pattern fighting styles after them.

This was a weird one with too many nonsensical plot-twists.  It also just kind of ended abruptly, but has a spin-off called Caterpillar that I'm going to start on next.  Arachnid is about a school girl (of course) named Alice who leads a shitty life- her mother killed herself and she had to go live with her uncle, who is an abusive piece of shit.  She also gets bullied at school but despite this just kind of deals with everything and tries to stay cheerful.  Her uncle then comes into her room and tries to rape her, but is stopped when the doorbell rings.  Surprise!  It's a hit man, who uses a detachable knife on a wire as his weapon.  He hangs the uncle and then turns to kill Alice, but she suddenly is able to side-step the knife and avoid a killing blow.  The hitman recognizes this as a special kind of "disability" that allows someone to think so quickly that it slows down time -he has the same thing- and decides to take her under his wing and train her as an assassin. 

Will spoiler-tag the rest.

The hitman takes her to "The organization," run by "the boss" who nobody ever sees, to see if they'll let her in,
spoiler (click to show/hide)
but is denied and told to kill her on the spot.  He refuses and they leave.  He then trains her more and ends up lying to Alice to get her to go fight him in a battle to the death.  He wants to die and wanted her to kill him.  She then gets his code name "Kumo" (spider) and his weapon.  Now the organization wants her to take his place, but she refuses.
[close]

Alice goes back to school and tries to live a normal life, but
spoiler (click to show/hide)
keeps getting bullied by three girls.  She finally snaps and beats up two of them, then pulls a gun on the third and shoots at her, but misses on purpose and hits the wall behind her.  This girl then ends up becoming friends with Alice and lets her move in.
[close]

So far, so good.  Pretty straight-forward.  Cue the fuckery!

spoiler (click to show/hide)
The remaining 99% of the comic takes place at school.  It turns out that "the boss" is a student there (of course!) and the school is filled with assassins from the organization.  Because...?  It's never really explained.  :lol ::) 
[close]

Not gonna explain the whole plot, but it's mainly just lots and lots of fighting with most of the assassins going after Alice after "The boss" puts a bounty on her and then a few other assassins fighting on her side or just fighting each other.

Let's get the real fuckery!  There's some Metal Gear Solid-level shit going on here.  :lol

Background:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
The original Kumo somehow knew that Alice was going to be targeted and trained for this reason.  He also paid another assassin to protect her.
"The boss" appears to be the student council president.  Some skinny girl with an eye patch and blonde hair who makes dumb faces all the time.  Her right-hand man is a big assassin named Hornet.
A school PE teacher and the nurse are also assassins.
During the course of the story, Alice and co. meet up with someone on the morals committee.  She's a girl with gigantoid bosoms who the student council president appears to have blackmailed or bribed into doing sexual favors for her with male students. 
The student council president/boss is codenamed the "Army Ant Queen" and is able to get people to do whatever she wants.
[close]

The :confused:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Ok, here goes, some slight alternations of the sequence of events to make it easier to explain.

-Alice thinks her mother killed herself.  SURPRISE!  She was killed by the organization.
-Alice is told by the school nurse that she killed her mother.  Alice defeats her and the nurse kills herself.
-Alice meets Hornet and SURPRISE!  He's actually her father. He was approached by the boss years earlier to become "hornet" and had to go kill his family.  He got poison from the nurse and killed his wife, but didn't kill Alice.
-"The organization" is world-wide and exist to stop over-population.  They aim to kill half the population on the planet.
-The Army Ant Queen is able to enslave people by swapping bodily fluids.  Once she does, she can control them and people become like super-strong zombies who fuck others to "infect" them.  The idea is to let them loose and infect a ton of the population, causing an epidemic, which will eventually lead to them all dying off.
-SURPRISE!  The Army Ant Queen is actually BIG TITTY GIRL, controlling everything behind the scenes.  The SC president was a timid, meek girl who she had sex with and enslaved.
-BIG TITTY GIRL cons Alice into having sex with her by having the SC president say that she wants to humiliate both of them to let them live.  This is a ploy to swap spit and infect Alice.
-BIG TITTY GIRL wants to humiliate and control Alice because...she's jealous?  :lol ???  Because after all the bullying and the shitty life, Alice remained positive.
-SURPRISE!  Alice knew BIG TITTY GIRL was the real bad guy before teh sexxor and used her wire to create a trap.  BIG TITTY GIRL DEAD. 
-Without BIG TITTY GIRL's presence, all the "army ants" become mindless drones and just kind of stand around, although some get out of the school and start doing a zombie-like plague (only instead of killing and eating people, they're all fucking  :doge)
-Alice goes to the roof of the school and meets her father and kills him after they fight.  The end?

-BUT WAIT!  Remember the girl who bullied Alice and then became friends with her?  Alice thought she was killed by the nurse.  Nope...she survived and in fact SHE IS THE BOSS.
:mindblown :confused
(She did nothing all this time and just stood around looking helpless)

-BUT WAIT AGAIN!  This girl isn't a normal human!  She looks 15, but is actually 100 years old!  (Of course!)
-The boss looked like a 10 year-old for most of her life (of course!) and found that she was able to manipulate people like a parasite bug controlling another insect.  She found that she could only have total control over one person at a time, however, and these became her "hornets."
-The boss used her power to control powerful men and it is indicated that she is responsible for causing multiple wars.  There's a fucked up scene of a Japanese imperial army general reporting to her as she sits in a chair that's way too big for her.
-At some point her immortality fades a bit and she ages to look like a teenager.
-AND OF COURSE she also wants to mess with Alice because...reasons...and has planned out everything that has happened up to this point.
-Alice gives no fucks and throws her off the roof.  Boss = dead.

BUT WAIT YET AGAIN!  The zombie-fuck army is still out there as are most of the organization.  Alice goes into hiding with one of her suriving pals, codenamed "Cockroach," who is a shifty, sneaky schoolgirl who wants to get into Alice's pants.  She tries to do that again but Alice has left their hiding spot.

Alice is then showing beating up zombies and...that's it.  We then get an epilogue of two of the characters saying that Alice is disappeared and has probably been taken by the organization and they're gonna get her back and...that's it.
[close]

:confused

Maybe Caterpillar will makes things more clear.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: hampster on October 19, 2018, 04:36:03 PM
I read World Trigger is back on 10/29. The author has been sick or something for like two years. Love it :heart

Also,
https://mobile.twitter.com/mangabookshelf/status/1053192969308815362

Next on my to read list :expert
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on October 19, 2018, 06:17:38 PM
I read World Trigger is back on 10/29. The author has been sick or something for like two years. Love it :heart

Also,
https://mobile.twitter.com/mangabookshelf/status/1053192969308815362

Next on my to read list :expert

They call it "Plus Sized Elf" in English? The Japanese title is much better and translates to "Elves can't do/handle diets" which fits the theme of the book much better.
:expert

It's a pretty funny book that is full of female (of course) fantasy type characters crossing over into the real world and then getting too fat, so they go to the personal trainer main character for help.  They're all THICC.    There's also not any kind of harem crap despite there only being one male character.   :)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: remy on October 30, 2018, 08:04:50 PM
I read World Trigger is back on 10/29. The author has been sick or something for like two years. Love it :heart

Also,
https://mobile.twitter.com/mangabookshelf/status/1053192969308815362

Next on my to read list :expert

They call it "Plus Sized Elf" in English? The Japanese title is much better and translates to "Elves can't do/handle diets" which fits the theme of the book much better.
:expert

It's a pretty funny book that is full of female (of course) fantasy type characters crossing over into the real world and then getting too fat, so they go to the personal trainer main character for help.  They're all THICC.    There's also not any kind of harem crap despite there only being one male character.   :)

this guy's hentai work was so dope. guess I have to buy this as well

Also the above post was the BLAME! experience boiled down and condensed  :doge
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 31, 2018, 03:35:17 PM
Plus Sized Elves :mouf
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Trent Dole on October 31, 2018, 04:23:08 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZqo4OZ0Pqs
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on January 14, 2019, 04:34:16 PM
https://progresstech.jp/zenkan/index_en.html

:leon
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on January 14, 2019, 05:06:12 PM
Shut the fuck up
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on January 30, 2019, 04:28:38 PM
Pluto has a better plot. Billy Bat is supposedly good as well, but I got tired of Urasawa's tear-jerking partway through Pluto, so I didn't even start it.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Kunai With Chain on June 10, 2019, 02:58:59 PM
I've been enjoying Chainsaw Man so far, would say it's been the most interesting shounen action manga I've read in ages. But the last 2-3 chapters it feels like it started jumping the gun with couple of crazy shit happening, that makes me think it's either getting axed or it's going down the route of Firepunch which was made by the same author.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on September 14, 2019, 03:25:49 PM
I've been enjoying Chainsaw Man so far, would say it's been the most interesting shounen action manga I've read in ages. But the last 2-3 chapters it feels like it started jumping the gun with couple of crazy shit happening, that makes me think it's either getting axed or it's going down the route of Firepunch which was made by the same author.
Firepunch shit the bed so hard, good god. The author had no idea what to do at all. Reminded me of Battle Angel Alita's first ending, and not just because of the stalk growing from the planet.

lol berserk is such a trash manga
shaddap :brazilcry
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on September 14, 2019, 03:35:54 PM
Do we have a thread yet compiling dumb dufus posts
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Transhuman on September 14, 2019, 03:47:23 PM
I finished reading the Berserk up onto the point the anime covers, but there's so many  more chapters past this that I can't honestly believe that the quality doesn't decline from here on.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on September 14, 2019, 04:01:39 PM
Stalling/filler + slow release schedule are its main problems currently. Miura is over it and/or out of ideas. We've got a major development recently, so that's nice, but there's still no clear path toward a conclusion. :goty2
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on September 14, 2019, 07:19:02 PM
I think he's spent and dragging it out to retirement. :shaq2
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: paprikastaude on September 29, 2019, 06:13:57 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxdb7zdvDKc
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: chronovore on November 17, 2019, 08:33:44 AM
finished pluto a few days ago

its top-tier brehs

basically flawless

and it has some extremely powerful, memorable moments :tocry

I've had that series on standby for the longest time. Keep meaning to read it.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: curly on November 17, 2019, 05:53:32 PM
Reading Otoyomegatari. Nomadic 19th century Central Asian waifus :noah
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: chronovore on November 17, 2019, 11:30:32 PM
Dunno if I mentioned this, but I tried reading that "Promised Wonderland" manga, and noped-out after they showed a dead, trussed six year old in a jar that was primed for demon food.

Too fucking dark for this Dad.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tripon on March 22, 2020, 01:36:10 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETuOzKGUMAAvg0_?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Pennywise on April 11, 2020, 06:25:47 PM
Since it's only been mentioned once, I'm gonna repeat that you should read Homunculus.

Great art, great story and due a relatively low amount of characters, there's alot of focus on the main characters.
Just an amazing package alltogether and easily among my favorites.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: D3RANG3D on June 06, 2020, 10:57:00 AM
https://kitsu.io/manga/henkyou-no-roukishi-bard-loen

Quote
A lone knight who for many years served House Tersia, on the eastern edge of the continent. Now old and weak, he saw that it would not be long before he left this world. And so he retired from his master’s service, gave up his fortune and set off on a journey. A carefree journey with rare sights and food. But he did not know it. That this journey was the beginning of a story that would one day be talked about all over the continent.

What a breath of fresh air. :rejoice
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 09, 2020, 10:19:23 PM
Been reading The Way of the House Husband, about a former Yakuza boss who retires, gets married, and becomes a home-maker while his wife works an office job. It's funny and dumb and I love it.

(https://i.imgur.com/Kr1IbQ2.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/2zEhmls.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fscH4tP.png)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: D3RANG3D on June 09, 2020, 10:23:50 PM
I read the entire Berserk manga, now to wait another decade for more.  :'(
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: D3RANG3D on July 26, 2020, 04:26:58 PM
Gunbured x Sisters

The manga is set in a world where, beginning with vampires, the supernatural world has been exposed to the public. Dorothy, a member of the Red Sisters clergy group that hunts down supernatural beings, has a fateful encounter with a blood-drenched woman named Maria.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Yandere Nun double clicking her mouse pretty early on, wellthatescalatedquickly.jiff.
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Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: D3RANG3D on July 26, 2020, 04:31:34 PM
New chapter just came out the other day jokes on you!
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Rufus on July 26, 2020, 05:56:51 PM
I'm not confident it'll finish either, but at least the plot is actually moving again.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: paprikastaude on July 26, 2020, 07:24:25 PM
Meanwhile at HxH  :birdman
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on July 26, 2020, 08:39:13 PM
Meanwhile at HxH  :birdman

Me when this thread is bumped and it's not HxH news:

(https://i.imgur.com/nUloV1y.gif)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: bork on July 27, 2020, 10:56:43 AM
The Vtuber manga "Oyaji ga Bishoujo ni Natteta Hanashi " is pretty funny stuff.  The first few chapters are fan-translated but it has now been licensed. 

(https://s3.blazefast.co/1/mangakakalot/x1/xm922999/chapter_1/8.jpg)

The mom also wants to be a 'vtuber,' but instead fails horribly at it and people think she's the one who is a creepy old man pretending to be a girl.  :lol

(https://s3.blazefast.co/1/mangakakalot/x1/xm922999/chapter_2/3.jpg)
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on July 27, 2020, 11:32:42 AM
:lol :rofl
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: OnlyRegret on August 10, 2020, 02:43:04 PM
hope you guys weren't attached to Act-Age, cause it's dead
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: OnlyRegret on August 10, 2020, 05:58:55 PM
https://twitter.com/jump_henshubu/status/1292732640886321152

tl;dr
author went on a child molestation spree
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: D3RANG3D on January 15, 2021, 08:06:28 AM
(https://scontent.fhio2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/42992704_761822904157185_3418465583006482432_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=2&_nc_sid=cdbe9c&_nc_ohc=bnYx5n8T2-cAX9ZnaTV&_nc_ht=scontent.fhio2-2.fna&oh=d7b9e387c4be267d1c592224840e333f&oe=6028FAC2)

This manga is pretty badass. :rejoice
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: D3RANG3D on January 21, 2021, 12:04:44 PM
https://kitsu.io/manga/dracula-midnight-children

#DRCL Dracula Midnight Children 2020
Based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula," a gothic horror story at the end of the 19th century.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on May 24, 2022, 03:00:04 PM
(http://67.media.tumblr.com/71b00f5d79a529f1667b5d236ed0afa1/tumblr_n95knxmBbn1s0w8hdo1_500.png)

My relationship with HxH:

(http://67.media.tumblr.com/1c8e6dc12b3dfb86e800dccaa4244888/tumblr_o2yoroito21ujluuso1_500.gif)


https://kotaku.com/hunter-x-hunter-yoshihiro-togashi-manga-hiatus-gon-kill-1848969729

Return of the king :rejoice
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: D3RANG3D on May 25, 2022, 05:59:55 PM
https://youtu.be/avZ-7tEj9W8
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: D3RANG3D on June 07, 2022, 03:43:28 PM
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Berserk Manga to Resume Serialization With Supervision From Kouji Mori
Big news today for fans of Kentaro Miura’s Berserk: despite Miura’s passing in 2021, Berserk will continue.

That’s the word from the publisher of the manga, Hakusensha, along with Miura’s good friend Kouji Mori.

According to the publisher, the forthcoming chapters and arcs will be based on things like memos, designs left behind by Miura, as well as his conversations with Mori, Miura’s lifelong friend. Mori recently published a one-shot manga about his friendship with Miura.

Forthcoming Berserk chapters will be credited as “original work by Kentaro Miura, Manga by Studio Gaga, Supervised by Kouji Mori.”

In the press release from Hakusensha, Mori wrote that Miura shared how he wanted Berserk to end in conversations with him, and that Miura’s assistants asked him if they could finish the manga with his support. He went on to write:

I have a message and promise to everyone. I will recall the details as much as possible and tell the story.
Also, I will only write the episodes that Miura talked to me about. I will not flesh it out. I will not write episodes that I don’t remember clearly. I will only write the lines and stories that Miura described to me. Of course, it will not be perfect. Still, I think I can almost tell the story that Miura wanted to tell.

You can read the full release by Hakusensha in Japanese, English and Korean here.

The next chapter of Berserk will appear in the next issue of Young Animal.
ベルセルク公式ツイッター@berserk_project To our readers

https://hakusensha.co.jp/information/63802/

#BERSERK #ベルセルク

https://otakuusamagazine.com/berserk-manga-to-resume-serialization-with-supervision-from-kouji-mori/

Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on June 07, 2022, 10:12:26 PM
HxH and Berserk coming back, we're in the endtimes now.
Title: Re: Manga Thread
Post by: Tasty on January 16, 2023, 10:14:44 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT8KC6gl9IQ

Been on a big Death Note kick lately, dunno why. Even want to rewatch the JP movies including the new one which is apparently kinda bad.